common meter, common measure - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm 4.
George Washington was elected as president of the constitution convention. He was nominated for the position by Robert Morris of Pennsylvania. George Washington was elected â¦ President of the Constitutional  Convention. He would go on to serve as the country's 1st President.
(The Articles of Confederation called for Congress to meet on the first Monday in November, in every year....) On November 5, 1781, John Hanson of Maryland was elected. He would become the first president of Congress to serve a one-year term as specified under the Articles of Confederation.he first was Peyton Randolph, who was elected on September 5, 1774. The last president, Cyrus Griffin, resigned in November 1788. President John Hancock is remembered for his large, bold signature on the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted and signed during his presidency.